May 19, 2026 – 10.00pmThere have been many milestones throughout Nicola Wakefield Evans’ four-decade legal and company director career, and most recently she notched up another that might surprise her peers.Wakefield Evans was one of the 17 crew on Oroton Drumfire, the glamorous yacht owned by billionaire fund manager Will Vicars, which competed in last year’s gruelling Sydney to Hobart race.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Anne HylandCompanies editorAnne Hyland is the Financial Review’s companies editor. She’s a former deputy editor of Good Weekend and Asia correspondent for the AFR.Fetching latest articles
This top director finds risk and resilience lessons on a battered yacht
Nicola Wakefield Evans has reshaped boardrooms and competed in one of sailing’s deadliest races, an experience she says had strong crossovers with her director roles.
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